Application Engineer/Programmer

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Title Application Programmer

Client State of LA

Location Remote with some on site travel

Resumes Due 20th May

Rate Up to $70

Duration Start 07/01/2022 and end 06/30/2024.

Description/Role

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) was established as a means of recognizing cost savings through the consolidation of State IT assets and resources. The creation of OTS consolidated a wide variety of existing hardware platforms, operating systems, database management systems, networks, third party software, and custom applications. OTS leads the State’s technology procurement process in order to standardize technology over the entire organization, seek efficiencies of operations, maintenance, and scalability of new products introduced to the OTS suite of services which can eventually be offered to all in-scope agencies. This TORFR intends to obtain the services of one (1) Application Programmer. The position will provide Application support for OTS Customer Agency’s Civil Fines System. The Civil Fines System launched in December 2021 and serves the following functions:

• Enables the public to search for Civil Citations to pay their fine or to complete an education course for a reduced penalty.
• Provides Customer Agency’s program and accounting staff with an administrative portal to manage the Civil Program’s daily operations.

The Civil Fines System was developed using the following technology and hosting:

• C#
• ASP.NET Core
• Entity Framework (EF) Core
• SQL Server
• Fluent Validation
• Hangfire
• React with TypeScript
• Bootstrap HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• Integrations utilizing JSON Web APIs and webhooks
• Azure App Services
• Azure SQL Server

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

The duties of an Application Programmer include, but are not limited to:

• Provides maintenance and support of the Civil Fines System, including existing integrations (i.e. Course System) and new integrations prioritized by the agency (i.e. CAD, RMS, licensing revocation, etc.).
• Design, code, compile, test, debug, modify and document any new or existing functionality for the system within accepted standards, procedures and guidelines of the OTS.
• Supports the installation, administration, configuration and maintenance of the application.
• Identify, respond, research and resolve program, data, or system software problems, frequently on an individual basis, in consultation with other employees and/or users.
• Meet with Customer Agency’s users and OTS staff to determine needs; write program and/or system specifications and guidelines.
• Evaluates user requests for changes to determine specific tasks and effects on existing programs and systems; discusses and explains program and system modifications to users; and writes user guides and other documentation as needed.
• Completes change requests, enhancements, and system design for the assigned system; providing system modifications that are reliable and easily maintainable; providing system modifications that are interoperable and interface with other systems and networks.
• Coordinates and completes development, testing, and implementation tasks for the assigned system; including coordinating with third party vendors and various OTS verticals.
• Monitor, review and audit performance of the customer-agency’s software and makes performance improvements.
• Provide advice, assistance or guidance of a technical nature concerning specialized application tools, hardware, software, or databases.
• Independently document and compile definitions and descriptions of data elements into dictionary form.
• Responsible for the preparation and organization of formal system test procedures of complex application systems.
• Collaborate with and review the work of programmers working on the assigned system to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Prepare and monitor work plans and schedules to ensure timeliness.
• Participates in OTS AppDM team meetings and report status on work upon request.
• Provide technical knowledge transfer, training, documentation, mentorship and guidance to State personnel for requested work.

Skills/Experience Required

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

• 2+ years of experience in web development with any combination of the following:
• C#,
• ASP.NET or ASP.NET Core,
• SQL Server,
• HTML,
• Entity Framework (EF)
• Other 3rd or 4th generation programming language (3GL or 4GL)
• Experience with any of the following cloud services:
• Azure App Services
• Azure SQL Server
• Azure DevOps
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:

• Prior experience supporting or maintaining applications for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF).
• Prior experience supporting or maintaining applications for the State of Louisiana or the Division of Administration (DOA), Office of Technology Services (OTS).
• Developing applications with third party APIs.
• Developing applications with payment processors or payment integrations.
• Experience with PGP encryption to securely send and receive files.
• Writing stored procedures.
• Developing applications with any of the following:
• FluentValidation
• Hangfire
• CsvHelper
• RestSharp
• Managing and maintaining source code in GitHub.

Job Title/Position: Application Programmer

Resource Name:

SOW Requirements (Mandatory) Resource Experience

2+ years of experience in web development with any combination of the following:

• C#,
• ASP.NET or ASP.NET Core,
• SQL Server,
• HTML,
• Entity Framework (EF)
• Other 3rd or 4th generation programming language (3GL or 4GL)

Experience with any of the following cloud services:

• Azure App Services
• Azure SQL Server
• Azure DevOps
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)

SOW Requirements (Desirable) Resource Experience

Prior experience supporting or maintaining applications for the LDWF.

Prior experience supporting or maintaining applications for the State of Louisiana or the DOA, OTS.

Developing applications with third party APIs.

Developing applications with payment processors or payment integrations.

Experience with PGP encryption to securely send and receive files.

Writing stored procedures.

Developing applications with any of the following:

• FluentValidation
• Hangfire
• CsvHelper
• RestSharp

Managing and maintaining source code in GitHub.